QA Test Proposal: install source test case, usb drive

James Laska jlaska at redhat.com
Mon Mar 29 19:01:56 UTC 2010


On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 12:45 -0400, Warren Togami wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM, James Laska <jlaska at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>         On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 19:29 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>         > On 03/19/2010 02:18 PM, James Laska wrote:
>         > > In this case, Michael is testing by writing the DVD iso to
>         a USB device
>         > > using livecd-iso-to-disk.  I've done this procedure with a
>         boot.iso many
>         > > times in the past.  I'll try with a DVD shortly.
>         > >
>         >
>         > Ping: Any luck?
>         >
>         > Should I file a bug or...? I'd create a template but the
>         livecd
>         > scripts are mentioned to not be the way to go.
>         
>         Apologies, I replied elsewhere in this thread [1].  No
>         problems when I
>         tested.
>         
>         I've added wtogami to the cc list for his thoughts on whether
>         using
>         livecd-iso-to-disk is intended/supported for writing CD or DVD
>         ISO
>         install media to a USB stick.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         James
>         
>         [1]
>         http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-March/089432.html
> 
> For the Live ISO or the install ISO?  It is intended for Live but not
> install.  That being said I did add some code to make it work for
> F-12's install ISO.  But that was a very minimal effort and others
> were not pleased with adding yet more code to that ugly script.  In
> the long-term that kind of functionality should be added to and
> supported in liveusb-creator, and livecd-iso-to-disk should die.

The install guide now shows that livecd-iso-to-disk can be used to boot
a boot.iso|netinst.iso from a USB key.  Should this be changed to direct
users to liveusb-creator?

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html-single/#sect-New_Users-Alternative_Boot_Methods

Thanks,
James
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